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    Picture strip stories and speaking skill
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato-Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación- Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros, 2023-02-01) Sevilla Villafuerte, Génesis Nicole; Sulca Guale, Manuel Xavier
    Nowadays, speaking in a second language is a difficult skill to master. For this reason, it is essential to introduce new communicative strategies such as picture strip stories which offer advantages and allow students to improve their speaking skills. The objective of this research work was to analyze the effectiveness of using picture strip stories to develop speaking skills. Furthermore, this research had a quantitative approach because statistical calculations were employed to collect the data. Likewise, it was necessary to apply a pre-experimental design where an experimental group participated in this study. In addition, this project was centered on bibliographic and field research with a correlational level to analyze the relationship between the variables studied. Moreover, the instrument used to collect data in this research was a Cambridge A2 Flyers pre-test and post-test based on the speaking part. Additionally, a rubric was needed to assess speaking skills based on three criteria: vocabulary and grammar, pronunciation, and interactive communication. Thus, the mean of the pretest was 2.24, and the post-test was 3.05, which indicates a significant difference. Based on this, a normality test called Shapiro-Wilk was performed to examine and discuss the results with the data obtained. Subsequently, the Wilcoxon non-parametric test was adapted to verify the respective hypothesis, giving a p-value of 0.000, accepting the alternative hypothesis. Finally, it was concluded that the picture strip story strategy contributed positively to the student's speaking skills. It stimulated imagination and creativity, providing opportunities to communicate in a realistic context and becoming an attractive medium to produce communication, developing speaking skills and allowing the creation of something new, fun, and engaging. It was a source of support for students to remember vocabulary, grammatical rules, or any other content, as visual information is retained more effectively and lastingly.